rockford by Prerna Mona Khanna, MD '91, MPH, FACP
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MARVEL Medical and Economic
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more doctors 40 years ago, the city of Rockford gained a firm footprint in the health
HEN THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS RESPONDED to the state government's call to train
profession—and a major economic driver. As the College of Medicine at Rockford celebrated its 40th anni-
Primary care, rural medicine among the College of Medicine at Rockford's many contributions in the past 40 years
versary during 2011-12, it underscored the contributions and significance of the Rockford campus to the third-largest city in Illinois. Those include not only the college but also other health-related programs such as the nursing school, the pharmacy school, and the biotechnology and public health training programs. These schools hire hundreds of Rockford residents to keep them
churning, and having a competitive academic medical center in a city of 150,000 residents has increased the access to health care and availability (and the standard of living) throughout northern Illinois while bringing
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